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|    Tony Langdon to JIMMY ANDERSON    |
|    Re: Wannabe HAM    |
|    22 Sep 16 07:51:00    |
      -=> JIMMY ANDERSON wrote to TONY LANGDON <=-               JA> @MSGID: <57E2C2AA.594.fido-amateurr@freeway.apana.org.au>        JA> @TZ: 412c        -=> Tony Langdon wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-               TL> 2. RF forwarding. There is a newer mode in RMS Express where if the        TL> RMS mailbox (the place you normally exchange Winlink mail with) loses        TL> Internet connectivity, you can instruct it to forward email via RF to a        TL> more distant RMS which does have Internet.               JA> Right - this - this is what I was talking about. :-)              Yes, so Winlink has ways to work around Internet outages over very wide areas.       :) Of course, you can simply try to link to a more distant Winlink gateway RMS       directly. My longest successful link has been over 3000 km to Darwin.                     ... Nothing is foolproof. Fools are too ingenious.       --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.49        * Origin: Freeway BBS - freeway.apana.org.au (3:633/410)    |
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